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Freelancer is one of my favourite games, and Discovery is my favourite Freelancer mod. Thought you fine folks might want to take a look at the trailer they've just put out.

Freelancer is effectively abandonware at this point, so... free. It's definitely worth a look, and Discovery is an amazing pick if you're interested in a sci-fi RP server.

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[–] CerineArkweaver@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Shit I used to love Freelancer years and years ago. Can you even buy it for legally anywhere anymore?

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Nope! Download away! In 2012, Microsoft used to even have a self hosted download link acknowledgment of its abandonware status but it’s gone. So it here

https://www.myabandonware.com/game/freelancer-bbb

[–] GeneralRetreat 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you know where that link happened to be? I'm wondering if it could be dredged up with the Wayback machine.

I can’t seem to find it but I remember it was offered